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The Brahmas Mite team got an opportunity to ride on the Fort Worth Brahmas Team Bus on Sunday after they won their scrimmage against Euless.

Louie and Louis Helsen enjoy a bit of holiday on ice time at a Father Son scrimmage.

Christopher Sharon lifting a dream.

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in Farmers Branch to meet with the players. While it was only a short visit towards the start of the practice, the players were able to get some valuable advice

from a guy that has faced all the obstacles and still made it to the NHL. Toby spoke about working hard, staying motivated through a long season, utilizing

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For the Good of the GameBy Keith Andresen

A Guaranteed Success

K ith A d

The buzz around the rink is back. Th e

excitement of a new season is in the

air and every team is looking forward to

a great year. Unfortunately the majority

of teams do not win championships.

However your team can still have a

rewarding season even if you don’t win a

championship. All it takes is cooperation,

communication and a positive attitude.

Teams are formed at many skill

levels and the top Tier I teams are very

competitive and their primary focus is

typically on winning. Th e goal of winning

a trip to Nationals is a very reasonable

goal for teams at this level and should be

the focus each year. However most of you

reading this column are involved with

Tier II select, high school or house/rec

teams. Your teams are the ones that must

focus on more than winning to have a

successful season, and players, coaches

and parents each have important roles

in that success. Here are a few tips that

will help you to achieve that success this

season.

Th e Player Be Prepared - Come to every game

and practice focused and ready to

play. Th at includes having all of your

equipment organized and in good

order.

Work Hard - Give your best eff ort

every time you step on the ice. By

working hard you’ll let your teammates

know that you can be counted on.

Accept Your Role - Listen to your

coach and do what is asked of you. You

may be asked to play center when you

prefer defense. If the coach thinks you

can benefi t the team more by playing

center, then do it, and be the best center

you can be.

Stay Positive - No matter the

situation, keep a positive attitude. A

positive attitude can have a tremendous

impact on your play. Remember that

when the game is not going your way

is when a positive attitude is most

important.

Th e Coach Make it FUN - Spend time to inject

fun into every practice and game. If

you’ve had a bad day, don’t bring it to

the rink. Your team can work hard, be

disciplined, and develop a strong work

ethic without you being an ogre.

Stay Calm - No matter the situation,

remain in control. Eff ective coaching

does not need to include yelling at

players and offi cials. If you remain in

control, your players will follow suit.

Praise Publicly, Criticize Privately - If you have an issue with a player take

him aside and talk to him in a respectful

tone. Don’t embarrass a player in front of

the team. However it’s great motivation

to be praised in front of your peers, so

don’t be shy with compliments.

Find Roles for Every Player - Make

sure each player has a role and feels

they are contributing to the team. Find

value in players who win face-off s, make

defensive plays and work hard every

shift. It’s not just goals and assists that

win games.

Be Ready - Come to the rink

prepared with a plan. Don’t ever try to

“wing it.”

Th e Parent Let the Coaches Coach - Don’t second

guess the coaches, especially when you

are with your child or when you’re in

the stands with other parents. Coaches

don’t always make the right decision, but

respect the fact that they are doing the

best job they can.

Support Your Child - No matter the

situation encourage your child to work

hard, stay positive and have fun. Every

player needs to come to the rink ready

to play and your infl uence is critical.

Be a Good Fan - It’s OK to cheer

loudly for your team but don’t cross the

line, no matter the situation. Pounding

on the glass, yelling at the other team or

the offi cials is NEVER acceptable. Don’t

let your emotions get away from you.

Get Involved - You may not be

able to coach but there are plenty of

ways to become involved. Every team

needs offi ce management help. Team

Managers and Team Moms and Team

Dads are important functions and help

the coaches relay important information

to the team while they are busy working

with the kids.

Very few teams have perfect seasons

and there will be issues that come up

now and then. However, if you follow

these simple guidelines, communicate

eff ectively and don’t allow a small issue

to become large then you will have a

great season no matter what your record

is.

Just a thought Respect the game. No matter the

situation show respect for opponents,

coaches, offi cials, teammates and parents.

Th e game is played until the whistle

blows or the horn sounds. Play hard

and play to win, but do it with dignity

and sportsmanship. In the end, the person you are is more important than the hockey player you are. ■

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Erik Starostin fl ying to the puck.

Being perfect is about being able to look your friends in the eye and know that you didn't let them down, because you told them the truth. And that truth is that you did everything that you could. Th ere wasn't one more thing that you could've done. Can you live in that moment, as best you can, with clear eyes and love in your heart? With joy in your heart? If you can do that, gentlemen, then you're perfect.

Friday Night Lights (hey, we know it’s football but it was a great quote)

Life Lessons On Ice by Kim Tinkham, Editor

We have our new logo and in the

months to come will be updating

other things about the magazine as well.

With the new season underway we are

asking our readers to get involved by

sending in their pictures and infor-

mation of interest to other read-

ers. Just email us your pictures to

[email protected]

and your information to

info@icetimesmagazine.

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being updated. Many

of you know that you

can visit the website to

read the last 6 months of

Ice Times. Within the

next several months

our website will

be changing f rom

a local resource for

amateur ice hockey to a national

resource. Th at will take some time and

a lot of work but I believe we are up for

the challenge.

Welcome to the new look of Ice Times Magazine!

If you have information or would

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included on the website please contact us

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to include on our site. So if you have a

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recommend to our readers hit us with an

email. Keep in mind that we are about

‘supporting the growth and success

of amateur ice hockey’ so anything of

a negative nature will not be allowed.

We’re trying to keep the cyberspace on

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Our goals for this new season are

for Ice Times Magazine to become an

all color, all slick publication and for our

Ice Times Magazine Online website to

be the resource for amateur ice hockey

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assistance you can send our way.

We hope that you will like the

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Joshua Mehr, taking a knee during the Dallas Stars Elite hockey camp.

Matias Hermanson makes a leg pad save with the inside of his right leg pad (notice puck beneath pad).

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Blade Babe By Scarlett Chambers

If you want to contact Scarlett please emil her at [email protected]

I have never quite understood those people who love watching a sport but

have never actually played it. So after many years the words come out of my mouth with out even realizing that I am saying them: “Why aren’t you ladies on the ice? Why should the guys have all the fun?” I recently asked a crowd of hockey moms and wives who were watching their men skate the above question, followed by, “If you ever want to try it, I would be happy to take you out on the ice.” Most of the time women give the usual

Girls Just Wanna Have Funresponse about how they could never do something like that, but occasionally I will have a taker. Lori Paxton was watching her husband James skate with team SoulPatch, which consists of several hockey dads new to playing on a team. She was ready to get started right away and was on the ice before the weeks end. Her fi rst day on the ice was a family outing to a parent/child drop in at the Euless Stars Center. Both of her sons, Josh and Blake, as well as her hubby were all on the ice. She was all geared up in loaner equipment plus a couple of things she had to bum from the lost and found. At fi rst she was skating well, but just a few minutes into open hockey, she took a nasty spill that left her with a black eye for a couple weeks or more. I thought she might want to call it a day after that, but Lori wanted to stay. She was having a good time so she picked herself up and

kept going. It was obvious that the rest of the Paxton crew was impressed by her determination. Th at week, Lori sent many a text while shopping for her own gear. “How long should my stick be?” What kind of skates do you recommend?” It did not take long to fi nd a team to skate with. Th e Silverwings in Euless needed players. So she got ready for her fi rst game, and as the start time grew near she became more anxious. Th e texts started to come in on the way to the rink, “Are you sure I can do this?” “ I am not feeling so good.” Yet when I walked into the lobby, there she stood. A big smile on her face and her gear on her shoulder. Lori had asked her boys to stay at home so she would not worry about them on her fi rst night out, but her dad still showed up for her game and even came down on the bench to cheer her on. She played a great game, and she is excited to keep playing. Interestingly

enough, she is making one change: she will be skating with her husband’s team, Soulpatch. If you ask her now if she is having more fun skating with the team then watching them, you know that she will answer, ‘Yes!’ If you are interested in learning to play hockey please contact your local rink or log onto www.drpepperstarcenter.com. After all, why should the men and boys have all the fun? ■

Lori Paxton

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My Russian Hockey Experience

By Hank Crone

My name is Hank Crone and I play hockey for the 98 Dallas Stars Elite

hockey team. I was privileged to get to go to Russia to play for a very

advanced team by the name of Nike Bauer Selects with one of my teammates,

Ryan Pouliot. We were selected to play with other players from around the country

to play in the Tretyak Challenge Cup against Russia’s top teams. It was easily

an experience of a lifetime. Our Nike Bauer team, going into the tournament,

knew that these European teams were defi nitely going to give us a challenge. For

the time that Ryan and I were in Moscow we got to play teams like the Russian

Red Army, Traktor, and the Moscow Dynamo. Th ere were also teams that gave

a little less challenge like Team Belarus, Th e Moscow Silver Sharks, and the

Russian White Bears.

Our team actually won the tournament with a record of 4-0-1. It was especially

rewarding to win against the Traktor team because they haven’t lost a game in

three years and even beat our Dallas team when they were here in February playing

in the Sportech Super 98 tournament. It was fun to see the Russian players that

stayed with us while they were here. At the closing ceremonies we got to meet

Tretyak and then as a special surprise Ovechkin showed up to present the medals

to the winning team!

We were scheduled to play two friendly games on our last two days in

Russia, but ended up playing three. Th e Red Army wanted a rematch since we

tied them in the tournament and we played at the famous KHL arena where the

cold war games were played and beat them. While the hockey was exciting and

challenging - the sites also helped make my trip to Russia an experience that I

will never forget. ■

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Hank with Challenge Cup – 1st place

Ryan Pouliot with 1st place medal

The Kremlin White PalaceSt Basil’s Cathedral Tretyak and Ovechkin at Closing Ceremonies

Hank with linemates Logan Brown and Clayton Keller

Game against Moscow Silver Sharks Hank and Ryan at the Armory

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Landon Ruhde makes the save during a summer league playoff game with the Arlington Wild.

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Well, here I am, back at the key-

board. I haven’t been near an ice

rink for most of the summer. Th is may

come as a shock to many of you (it did

to me), but there is life above 40 degrees!

On the other hand, I do miss watching

the game. Th at’s good, because another

season is about to start. But this time I

will have a very unique - for me - per-

spective…but I get ahead of myself.

Rule #1: you may have heard of this:

Never, ever, under any circumstances,

shoot the messenger. Regardless of how

much you disagree with the message,

it ’s politically improper to shoot the

guy carrying that water. In fact, if you do

shoot the messenger, there results a great

disturbance in Th e Force, and everyone

becomes very uncomfortable, especially

the messenger. Th is is not a new millen-

nium approach to public behavior, not by

a long shot. Th anks to the universal wis-

dom resident in Wikipedia, I discovered

that Sophocles (Antigone) fi rst uttered

that admonishment, and then Th e Bard

(King Henry IV pt. II) plagiarized the

whole messenger-gets-a bye-thing. So

there’s a bunch of tradition to live up to.

I’m not making this up.

Rule #2: Sometime it ’s hard to

fi gure out who the messenger is. Many

writers specialize in fl ying below the

radar pretending to be a messenger,

carefully avoiding any personal account-

ability, when they are actually expressing

their own real thoughts. Th ere’s also a

corollary to Rule #2..it’s hard to apply

Rule #1 if you don’t know if the message

is true or not. Half the things I wrote

about my goalie son saying the last two

years he never uttered, or did he? (He

should have.) Th e same will be true for

this Team Manager column. I won’t be

telling tall tales about the parents from

this year’s team, nor from those the past

two years. No, I’ll always be writing

about the composite youth hockey par-

ent. You know who you are! In hockey,

the goal’s the thing. In writing, it’s the

story. Th is is the most fun a writer can

have; is it fi ction or non-fi ction?

Th is is a preamble to a key ques-

tion: did you notice that the name for

my monthly column has changed? Yes,

now I am going to be the voice of a Team

Manager, and will use that perspective

for all my words and observations. It’ll

be an interesting season for a great many

reasons. First, I’m managing a team that

doesn’t have Goalie Son on the roster,

which explains why I cannot write as

Goalie Parent. When you read this, my

son will be off at college (wow that just

sank in for me) and later this month he

will be playing in net for his school. (Go

ZAGS!) Well, at least that’s the plan. In

thinking this all through, I’m not sure he

can play hockey without me along the

glass. Know what I mean? I fully expect

after his fi rst game, to receive a call say-

ing, “Dad, I can’t play goal without you

watching. Can you come up here next

weekend?” Yes, I KNOW that’s what

will happen.

(Th at last paragraph began as non-

fi ction and ended with fi ction. My son

would likely say it concluded with a

delusional daydream. smile)

But, back to Team Managers. Be

kind to them. No one on a youth hockey

team has more to do, with less authority.

Team Managers have to communicate

the schedules, the day to pick up apparel,

the rules and all sorts of Association

organizational requirements. TMs have

to track down the lost order for practice

socks, decals, or those cute little trading

pins. Team managers live the life of the

messenger.

Don’t for a moment even consider

casting friendly fi re in the direction of

your Team Manager. If you must vent,

fi nd someone on your team’s Association

Board, or pull the Coach aside and vent

directly. (Or go through your Associa-

tion’s 24-hour, 12-step cool down pro-

cess for disputes??!) Just don’t dump on

your Team Manager, who is doing his/

her best. Th e o’dark thirty scheduled ice

practice times and subsequent changes

are not their idea. Oh, and when your

Team Manager asks for something,

like paperwork, or birth certificates,

volunteers, etc., be sure and respond in

a timely manner. Not doing so makes

the TM’s job that much more diffi cult.

(Here’s where I must insert that most of

my teams’ parents have been quite coop-

erative. I’m just referencing the kinds of

things we Team Managers talk about in

the Team Managers’ lounge.)

As a Team Manager, I keep busy

communicating continuously with my

team’s parents. I do, however, avoid any-

thing to do with collecting money, travel

planning or – God forbid – fundraising.

I let other’s parents enjoy those special

jobs. But, there are some Team Manag-

ers who do it all...coordinating all the

fundraising jobs, travel, all while fi lling

in as team treasurer. Th ese folks are so

special. If yours is a Super-Team man-

ager, doing all these tasks, you should

bow your head every time they walk into

the rink. Th ese folks are saints in waiting.

Th ey have my unending admiration, and

if they are your TM, you owe them. Big

time.

And, so, let the games begin! Yeah, I

know that’s not actually supposed to be

copyrighted speech until February, but

it just seemed like it belonged here too.

Another great season of youth hockey

awaits. And let ’s see and read where

this column takes us. Remember, most

of what I am writing is protected under

Rule #1, even if I am being very creative

with the facts and opinions. In those

instances, if you’re able to distinguish

any diff erences, I’ll be taking refuge in

Rule #2. And, if you fi nd all this very

confusing, you can take comfort in Rule

#3, which states: when in doubt, see Rule

#1.

To be continued… ■

Mike Schwarz, Team Manager, looks remarkably like a Goalie Parent whose Goalie Son has left the crease, leaving an empty net.

The Messenger By Mike Schwarz

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Metroplex Hockey Officials AssociationNew Game Rules for 2009/10 Season

This is a rule change year for USA

Hockey and it therefore becomes

necessary to try as best I can to briefl y

communicate to everyone what the new

rules are, their interpretation, and what

to expect over all.

The standards of play initiative

began four seasons ago, so you can

expect the officials to continue to

enforce this direction. That means if

the players keep two hands on their

stick, the stick on the ice and their feet

moving, they will stay out of penalty

trouble. Any restraint of a player made

with the stick, hands, etc. is subject

to a penalty. Th e key is DIG, Disrupt,

Impede, Gain an unfair advantage. For

more descriptive information on this,

please go to www.usahockey.com and

watch the videos.

Specifi c major rule changes are –

Rule 301 – Sticks: Cleans up

language regarding the dimensions of

a stick and identifi es the penalties to be

called for violations under this rule. Also,

please note the requirement to have the

butt end of hollow sticks covered.

Rule 302a – Skates: Modernizes the

description “fancy” skates by changing to

“fi gure” skates as being prohibited in ice

hockey.

Rule 303 – Goalkeeper’s Equipment:

This is a significant change. New

goalkeeper’s equipment standards that

were identified in the 2007-09 Rule

book have been adopted. Th e sizes of

the protective equipment have been

changed. Leg pads are limited to 11”

x 38”, the blocker is now 8” x 15”, the

trapper is limited to a 45” circumference,

16” length, 18” from heel to web length,

and 8” in the cuff . Th ere are other minor

changes, but I would encourage everyone

to read the standard and make sure the

equipment is in compliance. Th e referees

will measure a piece of equipment when

asked. If the equipment is illegal, a minor

penalty is imposed and the equipment

must be removed from the game. If the

equipment is found to be legal, a minor

penalty for delay of game to the team

asking for the measurement will be

assessed. Th is rule is enforceable at all

levels of play.

Rule 304e – Protective Equipment:

Adds recommended equipment to those

items that must be worn in the manner

in which it was intended and designed

and calls for a team warning to be issued

prior to the assessment of a misconduct

penalty for a violation. This means

that ALL recommended protective

equipment is covered under this change.

Breezers (pants) can no longer be open

in the inseam. Th at means breezers with

zippers must be zipped closed, undone

(torn open) inseams must be taped

closed in some manner. Minor tears in

the inseam are not what the offi cials will

be looking for. It will be for the ability

of the breezer, in the opinion of the

offi cial, to do its job. Short (3/4 sleeve

sweaters must cover the elbow pad. Most

importantly, mouth guards will be more

closely scrutinized. CUBAR (Chew

up beyond all recognition), cut up, etc.

mouth guards are not permissible. Th e

rule requires that mouth guards must be

NON CLEAR (i.e. pigmented), cover all

the remaining teeth of one jaw and be

in place during play. Th is will be strictly

enforced. Custom mouth guards made

by dentists can be pigmented. Further,

helmets with ear protection, properly

fastened chin straps and face shields fall

under this rule change. Do not expect

the offi cials to look the other way. It is

every player’s responsibility to wear the

protective equipment in the manner in

which it was intended and the coach’s

responsibility to insure their players

comply.

403a and 405a – Major and Match

Penalties: For a player that is assessed

a non-coincident major penalty and

game misconduct or match penalty,

the off ending team is not required to

immediately place a substitute on the

penalty bench and may do so prior to the

expiration of the penalty. No player may

enter the game except from the penalty

bench with a bench minor penalty being

assessed for a violation. Th is means that

you do not have to immediate place a

player in the penalty box for a player who

is assessed game ejection type penalties.

However, you must place a player in

the penalty box prior to the penalty

expiration and you must do that during

a stoppage of play prior to the expiration.

If you fail to do so, you may not substitute

from the player’s bench. You will play

short handed until a stoppage of play and

then place a player on the ice. Please note

that you will be considered as playing at

full strength once the penalty expires.

If you subistute from the players bench

at the expiration, a bench minor will be

assessed.

Rule 409b – Calling of Penalties:

Requires a delayed penalty that is

nullifi ed as the result of a goal being

scored to be recorded on the game sheet

and counts towards the 5/15 penalty.

Game misconduct (Rule 404d) rule. No

more free ride on this one.

Rule 601i2 – Abuse of Offi cials:

Allows for a game misconduct to be

assessed to any Team Offi cial for any

course of conduct for which the team

has been previously assessed a bench

minor penalty. Th is means that if the

head coach is assessed a bench minor

penalty and then the assistant coach

begins abuse, he can be assessed a game

misconduct penalty. Th is is enforceable

during the same occurrence and “same

occurrence” is defi ned as being when the

bench minor has been assessed and while

it still remains on the penalty clock.

Rule 613 – Fisticuff s: Adds new

section that calls for a game misconduct

penalty (excluding Adults) to be assessed

for any player who removes his (or

opponent’s) helmet prior to or during

an altercation.

As always, if you have questions,

please do not hesitate to contact me.

Have a great season. ■

Ken ReinhardPresident, MHOA

Local Area Supervisor of Offi cials, North Texas

USA Hockey

Ken Reinhard

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BEHIND THE BENCH By Mark Dyslin

Mark Dyslin has been coaching youth sports for over 15 years and coaching youth hockey since 1999. He is currently one of the coaches for St. Mark’s Junior Varsity Hockey Team.

M k D li h b hi

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”

says Leonardo da Vinci. What a gloriously

simple statement about simplicity! In

other words, simple is gooder! Yet when

it comes to designing practices, do we

prize sophistication (cuz it looks cool?)

over simplicity? Have you ever tired to

mimic drills you saw the pro’s practice,

only to become frustrated when your

crew of 8 and 9 year olds don’t get it?

Yes. Age will dictate instructional

complexity. But I would argue even older

kids need concepts presented in readily

understood English (or whatever the

mother tongue). So this month’s column

is, perhaps, aimed at those who work

with the little ones: pee-wee and younger.

When one only has an hour or so

to impart volumes of hockey knowledge,

one must keep it simple. So borrowing a

page from those cheesy mother’s day cards

we thought were sooo cool in the 70’s,

I am presenting the “K-I-D-S” practice

method. “KIDS” is an inordinately

fromagey acronym to help reinforce the

idea of keeping things simple. Here we go:

K is for Kinder einfach, which

translates from German (in my world)

to remember your audience and keep

instructions easy to understand. When

explaining what you want the kids

to do, break it down into bite size

chunks, each building on the previous.

Instructions should be kept to one or

two short sentences. Visual cues, such

as drawing on a board (or the ice, which

little kids love) and demonstrating

your instructions are requisite.

I is for interesting. I harp on this all

the time, but it is a pretty simple concept.

Try to avoid putting the whole team

into a single line for every activity. Th is

leads to boredom, which leads to “line

mischief ”, which leads to you screaming

at the kids. Use your assistants and divide

the ice into sections. Keep ‘em moving as

much as you can. Use small area games

to reinforce skills or concepts. I suggest

your practice be constructed so that 70%

of the time is spent in small area games,

27% in drills, and 3% in water breaks.

D is for dedicated. Plan not only

your next practice (tactical), but draft a

“syllabus” for the whole year (strategic),

and create practice plans accordingly.

Kids have this alien-like ability to tell

when a coach is just going through

the motions. You need cohesion in

your practice plans. You can’t wing-it

every practice; relying on whatever

drills you can think of while you lace

your skates. Lack of “D” will erode “I”.

S is for silly. Give some of your

activities (aka “drills”) goofy names.

Embrace “non-traditional” methods

to reinforce skills development. For

example, I once saw a game of “Duck-

Duck-Goose” being played on the ice

and marveled at the bag of skills being

cultivated. From jumping up off the

ice, to rapid acceleration, to cross-over

turns – it was genius! But to the kids,

they were simply playing a game of tag.

One last word(s) about small area

games: use them! Small area games

reinforce skills/concepts, but really

teach kids how to deal with “high

traffi c” situations. Th ink about it, over

80% of the game is played when there

are two or more gathered ‘round the

puck. Playing games aimed at helping

kids fi gure out how to deal with mobs

is simply the right thing to do. Really.

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Professional hockey is now in Collin

County. Th e Allen Americans of the

Central Hockey League (CHL) have set

up shop in the quickly growing town of

Allen.

Th e team will play its 32 home games

in the newly built, state-of-the-art Allen

Event Center, which holds 6,135 people

for hockey games. Th e arena is located in

Th e Village at Allen, which is located at

the southeast corner of US-75 and Stacy

Road.

Th e Americans, the CHL affi liate

of the Dallas Stars, are the equivalent

to a AA farm team. Players will hone

their skills in Allen with the expectations

Americans Ready To Begin Play In Allen

to move up to the American Hockey

League (AHL) and eventually the

National Hockey League (NHL).

Fans can expect high scoring,

physical hockey. The team has two

players headed to NHL training camps

and seven confi rmed to attend AHL

training camps with more invitations in

the works.

Th e inaugural season starts Oct. 16

with the team playing in Arizona. Th e

Americans continue to play on the road

for three weeks before the home opener

Saturday, Nov. 7, vs. Corpus Christi at

7:30 p.m.

Th e club is owned by Douglas H.

Miller, Chairman and Chief Executive

Officer of EXCO Resources, Inc.,

and former NHL defenseman Steve

Duchesne. Duchesne, who won the

Stanley Cup with Detroit in 2002, also

serves as the club’s president.

Local hockey fans will see familiar

faces behind the bench. Head Coach

and General Manager Dwight Mullins

will lead the team alongside Associate

Coach and Director of Player Personnel

Bill McDonald.

Th e two coaches have known each

other for quite a while. Mullins has

played for and coached with McDonald

prior to coming to the Americans. Th e

current head coach was captain of the

championship Fort Worth Fire team in

1997 when McDonald was head coach.

Th e following year Mullins was assistant

coach while McDonald served as head

coach in the inaugural season for

the Fort Worth Brahmas (1997-

1998).

Full and half season tickets are on

sale now. Ticket information is available

by calling 972.912.1000 or visiting

allenamericans.com. The Americans

offi ce is open from 8:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-

2 p.m. Saturday. It is located at 190

E. Stacy Road #1508, Allen, Texas

75002. ■

Daniel Patrick getting his ‘hockey fun’ captured while at Disney World Summer 2009.

Sam Yujuico, Defense on the ’98 Jr. Brahmas AAA team that played in the OneHockey tournament. There was just a few minutes left in the game against the PA team and Sam got a great cross pass at the top of the circle, took a wrist shot, and scored his fi rst (and only) goal of that tournament, just as an opponent was trying to block his shot. Nice job, Sam.

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Sean Kuehn makes a save against Hovas Hockey Club during the Planet Hockey touranment in Kungsbacka, Sweden.

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